Studies on dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacteria that decompose fatty acids. I. Isolation of new sulfate-reducing bacteria enriched with acetate from saline environments. Description of Desulfobacter postgatei gen. nov., sp. nov - PubMed

Studies on dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacteria that decompose fatty acids. I. Isolation of new sulfate-reducing bacteria enriched with acetate from saline environments. Description of Desulfobacter postgatei gen. nov., sp. nov

F Widdel et al. Arch Microbiol. 1981 Jul.

Abstract

Three strains (2ac9, 3ac10 and 4ac11) of oval to rod-shaped, Gram negative, nonsporing sulfate-reducing bacteria were isolated from brackish water and marine mud samples with acetate as sole electron donor. All three strains grew in simple defined media supplemented with biotin and 4-aminobenzoic acid as growth factors. Acetate was the only electron donor utilized by strain 2ac9, while the other two strains used in addition ethanol and/or lactate. Sulfate served as electron acceptor and was reduced to H2S. Complete oxidation of acetate to CO2 was shown by stoichiometric measurements with strain 2ac9 in batch cultures using sulfate, sulfite or thiosulfate as electron acceptors. With sulfate an average growth yield of 4.8 g cell dry weight was obtained per mol of acetate oxidized; with sulfite or thiosulfate the growth yield on acetate was about twice as high. None of the strains contained desulfoviridin. In strain 2ac9 cytochromes of the b- and c-type were detected. Strain 2ac9 is described as type strain of the new species and genus, Desulfobacter postgatei.

Similar articles

• Desulfosporomusa polytropa gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfate-reducing bacterium from sediments of an oligotrophic lake.

  Sass H, Overmann J, Rütters H, Babenzien HD, Cypionka H. Sass H, et al. Arch Microbiol. 2004 Oct;182(2-3):204-11. doi: 10.1007/s00203-004-0703-3. Epub 2004 Aug 31. Arch Microbiol. 2004. PMID: 15340785

• Oxidation of short-chain fatty acids by sulfate-reducing bacteria in freshwater and in marine sediments.

  Laanbroek HJ, Pfennig N. Laanbroek HJ, et al. Arch Microbiol. 1981 Jan;128(3):330-5. doi: 10.1007/BF00422540. Arch Microbiol. 1981. PMID: 7212933

• Desulfatirhabdium butyrativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a butyrate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from an anaerobic bioreactor.

  Balk M, Altinbaş M, Rijpstra WI, Sinninghe Damsté JS, Stams AJ. Balk M, et al. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2008 Jan;58(Pt 1):110-5. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.65396-0. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2008. PMID: 18175693

• Acetate Degradation at Low pH by the Moderately Acidophilic Sulfate Reducer Acididesulfobacillus acetoxydans gen. nov. sp. nov.

  Sánchez-Andrea I, van der Graaf CM, Hornung B, Bale NJ, Jarzembowska M, Sousa DZ, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damsté JS, Stams AJM. Sánchez-Andrea I, et al. Front Microbiol. 2022 Mar 4;13:816605. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.816605. eCollection 2022. Front Microbiol. 2022. PMID: 35391737 Free PMC article. Review.

Cited by

• Microbial carbon metabolism associated with electrogenic sulphur oxidation in coastal sediments.

  Vasquez-Cardenas D, van de Vossenberg J, Polerecky L, Malkin SY, Schauer R, Hidalgo-Martinez S, Confurius V, Middelburg JJ, Meysman FJ, Boschker HT. Vasquez-Cardenas D, et al. ISME J. 2015 Sep;9(9):1966-78. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2015.10. Epub 2015 Feb 13. ISME J. 2015. PMID: 25679534 Free PMC article.

• Clostridium homopropionicum sp. nov., a new strict anaerobe growing with 2-, 3-, or 4-hydroxybutyrate.

  Dörner C, Schink B. Dörner C, et al. Arch Microbiol. 1990;154(4):342-8. doi: 10.1007/BF00276529. Arch Microbiol. 1990. PMID: 2244786

• Characterization of a new thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium Thermodesulfovibrio yellowstonii, gen. nov. and sp. nov.: its phylogenetic relationship to Thermodesulfobacterium commune and their origins deep within the bacterial domain.

  Henry EA, Devereux R, Maki JS, Gilmour CC, Woese CR, Mandelco L, Schauder R, Remsen CC, Mitchell R. Henry EA, et al. Arch Microbiol. 1994 Jan;161(1):62-9. Arch Microbiol. 1994. PMID: 11541228

• Isolation and Characterization of a Methylotrophic Marine Methanogen, Methanococcoides methylutens gen. nov., sp. nov.

  Sowers KR, Ferry JG. Sowers KR, et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1983 Feb;45(2):684-90. doi: 10.1128/aem.45.2.684-690.1983. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1983. PMID: 16346215 Free PMC article.

• Enhanced Propionate Formation by Propionibacterium freudenreichii subsp. freudenreichii in a Three-Electrode Amperometric Culture System.

  Emde R, Schink B. Emde R, et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1990 Sep;56(9):2771-6. doi: 10.1128/aem.56.9.2771-2776.1990. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1990. PMID: 16348285 Free PMC article.

References

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

LinkOut - more resources

• Other Literature Sources

  • The Lens - Patent Citations Database